Year 7/8 Student Engagement in Performing Arts

<p>Kate Revell, Year 7/8 Student Engagement in Performing Arts</p><p>Winner - University of Canterbury VYT local programme (2023)</p><p><br>This video relates to research currently being undertaken in New Zealand. It uses two te reo Māori words: Kaiako: teacher(s), Tamariki: children</p><p>Lyrics:</p><p>In performing arts education students are more than a brick in the wall.<br>They co-create, imagine, take risks, take flight and soar.<br>Researchers speak of benefits: the arts help kids relate,<br>Their self-image becomes stronger, they work together and collaborate.<br>But for some adolescents it’s a bit too much;<br>Some disengage while others just won’t budge.<br>It’s too far out of their comfort zone,<br>And the reasons why they switch are still unknown.<br>So along came a team of seven kaiako,<br>Who want to see their students soar,<br>So we’re working together to find out why<br>Some students sink while others fly.<br>So through a series of cycles with students at the heart,<br>We’ll make changes to how we teach the arts.<br>So our goals and our research aims<br>Are to see our tamariki more fully engaged,<br>Access the arts and create social change.<br></p><p><br></p>